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Lecture Notes for 120 - UCLA Department of Mathematics

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5.5. RULED SURFACES 127<br />

where<br />

g ss = 1<br />

g sv = dc<br />

dv · X<br />

g vv = dc<br />

dv<br />

N = X ⇥<br />

X ⇥<br />

2<br />

+ s 2<br />

dc<br />

dv + s dX<br />

dv<br />

dc<br />

dv + s dX<br />

dv<br />

L ss = 0<br />

dX<br />

L sv =<br />

dv · N<br />

✓ d 2 ◆<br />

c<br />

L vv =<br />

dv 2 + X<br />

sd2 dv 2 · N<br />

Thus H =0precisely when<br />

✓ ◆✓ ◆<br />

dc dX<br />

2<br />

dv · X dv · N =<br />

✓ d 2 ◆<br />

c<br />

dv 2 + X<br />

sd2 dv 2 · N<br />

which implies<br />

✓ ◆✓ ✓ ✓ ◆◆◆ ✓ dc dX dc<br />

d 2 ◆ ✓ ✓ ◆◆<br />

2<br />

dv · X dv · X ⇥<br />

dv + sdX<br />

c<br />

=<br />

dv dv 2 + X dc<br />

sd2 dv 2 · X ⇥<br />

dv + sdX dv<br />

The left hand side can be simplified<br />

✓ ◆✓ ✓ ✓ ◆◆◆<br />

dc dX dc<br />

2<br />

dv · X dv · X ⇥<br />

dv + sdX dv<br />

✓ ◆✓ ✓<br />

dc dX<br />

=2<br />

dv · X dv · X ⇥ dc ◆◆<br />

dv<br />

showing that it is independent <strong>of</strong> s. The right hand side can be expanded in terms<br />

<strong>of</strong> s as follows<br />

✓ d 2 ◆ ✓ ✓ ◆◆<br />

✓ ◆<br />

c<br />

dv 2 + X<br />

dc<br />

sd2 dv 2 · X ⇥<br />

dv + sdX = d2 c dc<br />

dv dv 2 · dv ⇥ X<br />

✓ d 2 c<br />

+s<br />

dv 2 ·<br />

+s 2 d2 X<br />

dv 2 ·<br />

✓<br />

X ⇥ dX<br />

dv<br />

✓<br />

X ⇥ dX<br />

dv<br />

◆<br />

+ d2 X<br />

◆<br />

✓<br />

dv 2 ·<br />

This leads us to 3 identities depending on the powers <strong>of</strong> s. From the s 2 -term we<br />

conclude<br />

d 2 ⇢<br />

X<br />

dv 2 2 span X, dX<br />

dv<br />

At this point it is convenient to assume that v is the arclength parameter <strong>for</strong> X.<br />

With that in mind we have<br />

d 2 ✓<br />

X d 2 ◆ ✓<br />

X<br />

d 2<br />

dv 2 =<br />

dv 2 · X X<br />

X +<br />

dv 2 · dX ◆ dX<br />

dv dv<br />

=<br />

= X<br />

✓ dX<br />

dv · dX<br />

dv<br />

◆<br />

X<br />

X ⇥ dc<br />

dv<br />

◆◆

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